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DSpace 1.6 usage statistics:

What it can do for you?
Ben Bosman, @MIRE, <ben@atmire.com>

INTRODUCTION

DSpace 1.6 has been extended with a new Apache Solr based statistics
solution. This contribution to DSpace is the open-source version of @mire’s
commercial “Content and Usage Analysis” DSpace module. The DSpace 1.6
statistics offer storage of usage data including bitstream downloads, item
display page visits, collection and community homepage visits, ... .

USAGE STATISTICS FEATURES AND BENEFITS

The goal of this presentation is to offer an introduction to the DSpace 1.6

statistics solution. This will include an overview of the various features of the
open source module, the stored statistics information and the potential benefits
for your repository by using these usage statistics.

One example benefit for your repository is the perception of your repository by
the visitors from outside your institutions. If end-users are able to see how
popular your repository is by publishing the statistics information, those users
will consider the content of your repository more valuable. A popular repository,
and more specifically a popular item is generally perceived as being more
trustworthy.
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Another benefit for your repository arises when creating reports for your
institution’s management to visualize the importance and impact of your
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A demo on the user interface of the open-source version of the usage statistics
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One example is an OAI crosswalk offering access to a view on the usage data
which is important for e.g. NEEO harvesting (http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/
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Another example would be the inclusion of usage metadata beyond page views
and file downloads. One can e.g. store an overview of performed searches
within the repository in general to create an overview of the most popular
searches or a tag cloud of keywords frequently used in combination with the
searches currently executed (an example of such a functionality can be found at
http://www.getcloudlet.com).

CONTENT AND USAGE ANALYSIS MODULE

The third part of this presentation will provide insight into the new version 2.2 of
the commercial “Content and Usage Analysis” module, @mire’s proprietary
statistics solution, including a feature comparison between the open-source and
commercial solution.

While the open source version focusses on providing pre-configured usage

statistics to the repository users, the commercial solution contains very
customizable views for both repository visitors and administrators.

For administrators, a very interactive webinterface was developed in order to

dynamically create reports based upon the statistics present in your repository.
The CUA module also contains improved statistics views within various
repository pages (such as item pages, collection homepages, and the repository
homepage) including many options to create on the fly a number of different
graphs and data tables., Besides these extended statistics for page views and
@mire file downloads (usage statistics), a number of content related statistics (e.g. an
overview of the distribution of document types per collection) are available. A
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Analysis” module.
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